Stand Up For More Pay

Your article in the Dec. 22 paper about young people not working for minimum wage really hit home with me.

I was recently hired for $3.60 an hour. The manager told me that was all he could do for me and it was union rules. I believed him and did not question the wage.

Lo and behold recently two young men around 20 years old were hired for $4.75 an hour. So I questioned the manager about this and he said they were hired under a different classification! Why couldn't I have been hired like this also? Was it because I am almost 50 and did not question him? Or was it because the young men would not work for such a low wage?

I think we should follow the young people on this and refuse to work for minimal wage and we older folks will be better off.